PE 185SC - Soccer and Conditioning

Ability to lift weights, use cardio equipment, and participate in small sided soccer games.

Course Description: Encompasses body composition evaluation and fitness assessments, a variety of the fitness industry’s weight training programs/activities that involve muscle endurance and strength, aerobic activities for improved cardiovascular endurance and circulation, and stretching for flexibility specifically for soccer players. Students are paired together and will be put through intense circuit training each day. Each grouping of exercises has a set number of repetitions to be completed in a certain amount of time as displayed on the instructor’s clock. Each session is a full body workout that includes major muscle groups of the upper body, lower body, and core. Each class ends in a short soccer match. Course is repeatable.

Course Learning Outcomes:

• CLO#1: Daily participation and full effort in class to maintain and to improve fitness components.
• CLO#2: Self-assess physical performance and demonstrate continuous improvement. Make an initial assessment of one’s current physical status to obtain personal performance levels and demonstrate improvements by the end of the term.
• CLO#3: Display self-management skills by organizing and maintaining information and set SMART goals.
• CLO#4: Monitor and correct lifting form according to performance and safety levels: spot for other lifters, isolate muscle groups effectively, use activity formulas, and demonstrate lifting techniques. (ILO: Communication)